Moms who BF while pregnant

jennyenny323 · January 2010

For those of you who continued to breastfeed during your pregnancy, how did it go? Did you notice a drop in your supply? Did you supplement with formula? Any advice you can give me?

I think my supply has taken a dip but I'd like to breastfeed for at least another couple of months if possible.

whitehead15 · January 2010

I only continued for about 6 weeks after I found out I was pregnant. My supply dropped and my OB suggested I stop. I get bad m/s when preg, and he didn't want me to lose weight. Ultimately, I could tell my supply had dropped, and I didn't know how much DS was actually getting. We started to supplement at that point. I was having to give him formula after I nursed him. It was really frustrating, so I stopped....DS was 11 months old and I was hoping to make it to 1 year. I was close Smile

Asquared · January 2010

I did it for about the first two months and I definitely had to drink more water, but I really only had to stop because she started getting her top teeth and biting me! Blessing in disguise, though.

hamilton.ja · January 2010

I am still nursing upon waking and before bed at night - but my son is 26 months. My supply is pretty much gone at this point as the body ramps up for colostrum production... I know not all women have that experience and their supply never changes but mine really has. DS maybe swallows 5 times per side before he stops and says there's no milk left and wants the other side. It's sad but nice in some ways for me - I am ready for a break. We night weaned and cut out two day time nursing sessions during the past 18 weeks as it just got to be a bit too much between his activity levels, my energy levels and my nursing aversion.

I'd recommend the book "Adventures in Tandem Nursing" if you think you want to continue nursing through pregnancy or both children at once once the new baby is born. I just got it yesterday and I wish I'd had it from much earlier on. A bunch of mothers recommended it and I just never got around to picking it up - it is fabulous, though. I've read almost all of it already and its very interesting.

laura&dan05 · January 2010

I'm still bfing dd 4 -5 times a day. My supply is fine..I haven't noticed a drop. I tried supplementing with 1 bottle of formula a day just so I wouldn't have to nurse as many times. We started this over Christmas when DH was on vacation and he was giving her the bottle. She'd only take about 2 ounces of formula but it was a start. Once he went back to work and I tried she threw the bottle down and SCREAMED and started hitting me in the boob. I've tried putting the formula in a sippy cup and giving it to her in the highchair and she wouldn't take it that way either. The only way she'll take formula is if I'm not around and it's only a few ounces. I'm planning on weaning her at a year because I'd like a break before baby #2 arrives. I'm hoping to start her on whole milk around 11 months.

CaitlinJ22 · January 2010

i got my bfp at 10 months, and bc of m/s I was eating and drinking less and noticed a drop, but i got it back. drink a lot, eat a lot, and rest. Offer it as much as you can so it boosts your supply. At 10.5 months we dropped to 4 times a day at 11.5 mos we dropped to twice a day, and now we are dropping to once, and then weaning. Your LO is little, but you can probably BF for at least a few more months with a lot of patience. Just know if it goes down--did for me at 6-8 wks, that you can try and get it back. You could always BF some times and supp the other times. GL and congrats!

HarrietNJMommy · January 2010

I didn't have any issues. I weaned at 1 year, and was able to go a couple of months longer than that (I wean really slowly). But I have an oversupply - that might make a difference.

jennyenny323 · January 2010

Thank you all so much!!

trennad · January 2010

I was still nursing as usual but my DS started to bite

and it was hurting my already sore boobs. Also he seemed like he was still hungry after nursing. I finally got him to start taking formula so he gets bottles during the day and I nurse him at night.

aldyn · January 2010

I'm still nursing - really trying to make it to a year w/DD. My supply did drop off a lot once I got pg, but she can still nurse in the morning and night and I pump once while at work and usually get about ~5-6 ounces. So, not great, but not horrible either. Thankfully I have a nice stash of frozen milk, so she's still getting just as much milk as she wants. She's starting to wean herself a bit (not finishing her bottles at daycare, that sort of thing).

She refuses to drink formula, so I'm thankful I have that frozen milk. It was challenging when we were traveling over the holidays to make sure she was getting adequate nutrition (I couldn't bring my frozen stash with me), but otherwise it's been fine.

I'm hoping to cut out the pumping session at work once she's past 1 year and just nurse her at night / in the morning.